ArtReview Asia Summer 2021 Issue Explores Feminist Protest, Queer Optics, and Gulf Futures
The summer 2021 edition of ArtReview Asia highlights Kurdish artist and activist Zehra Doğan, who was incarcerated for nearly three years starting in 2017 due to her work with the all-female news outlet JİNHA. During her imprisonment, she produced art and a novel that were smuggled out disguised as laundry, centering on the struggles of Kurdish women. The issue also features Gayatri Gopinath's analysis of Shahzia Sikander and Julie Mehretu's queer perspectives, with Sikander's exhibit at the Morgan Library & Museum and Mehretu's retrospective at the Whitney Museum. Ayman Zedani explores the natural collaboration of the Gulf, while the publication confronts anti-Asian bias through the works of filmmaker Richard Fung and artists Hamishi Farah and Arahmaiani. Additionally, Thai curator Abhijan Toto shares projects influenced by James C. Scott's Zomia concept.
Key facts
- ArtReview Asia's summer 2021 issue is available
- Zehra Doğan was jailed in 2017 for nearly three years for her reporting with JİNHA
- Doğan's prison artworks and novel were smuggled out as dirty laundry
- Shahzia Sikander has a survey at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City from 1987 to 2003
- Julie Mehretu has a midcareer retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City from 1996 to 2019
- Ayman Zedani's work reimagines the Gulf through material philosophies
- The issue includes responses to anti-Asian prejudice by Richard Fung, Hamishi Farah, and Arahmaiani
- Abhijan Toto's projects are inspired by James C. Scott's Zomia concept
Entities
Artists
- Zehra Doğan
- Shahzia Sikander
- Julie Mehretu
- Ayman Zedani
- Richard Fung
- Hamishi Farah
- Arahmaiani
- Zarina
- Ben Sakoguchi
- Abhijan Toto
- James C. Scott
- Sarah Jilani
- Gayatri Gopinath
- Rahel Aima
- Max Crosbie-Jones
- Deepa Bhasthi
- Patrick J. Reed
- Thu-Huong Ha
- Paul Han
- Naomi Riddle
Institutions
- ArtReview Asia
- JİNHA
- Morgan Library & Museum
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- 13th Shanghai Biennale
Locations
- New York City
- United States
- Gulf
- Asia
- Thailand
- Shanghai
- China
- Australia